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UTC (Q1536)

From Wikidata
principal time standard that underlies civil times on Earth
  • CUT
  • Universal Coordinated Time
  • Universal Time Coordinated
  • Etc/UTC
  • Z
  • Coordinated Universal Time
  • Z-time
  • Zulu time
  • Universal Time
Language Label Description Also known as
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  • UTC
English
UTC
principal time standard that underlies civil times on Earth
  • CUT
  • Universal Coordinated Time
  • Universal Time Coordinated
  • Etc/UTC
  • Z
  • Coordinated Universal Time
  • Z-time
  • Zulu time
  • Universal Time

Statements

instance of
time standard
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time zone
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short name
Z (no linguistic content)
applies to part
ISO 8601
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UTC (multiple languages)
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СКЧ (Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography))
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replaces
universal time
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standards body
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
applies to part
leap second
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bipm.org/en/bipm-services/timescales/leap-second.html
quotation
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) is responsible for monitoring the Earth's rotation and announces the dates of application of any leap seconds required (English)
archive URL
https://web.archive.org/web/20210308214200/https://www.bipm.org/en/bipm-services/timescales/leap-second.html
archive date
8 March 2021